Fast-Evolving Human DNA Leads to Bigger-Brained Mice by Ed Yong

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/19/fast-evolving-human-dna-leads-to-bigger-brained-mice/

Reference: Boyd, Skove, Rouanet, Pilaz, Bepler, Gordan, Wray & Silver. 2015. Human-Chimpanzee Differences in a FZD8 Enhancer Alter Cell-Cycle Dynamics in the Developing Neocortex. Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.01.041

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